GENOMICS

BMGN 7620 (also CPBS & HMGP 7620), in Spring 2012, will introduce graduate students (and interested postdocs, PRAs, and faculty) to the field of genomics. An optional computer workshop will provide students with the minimal skills necessary to access databases, download and manipulate large datasets, and to visualize and interpret results.

The lecture course is designed and directed by Profs. Pollock, Johnston, and Sikela, with guest lectures by Martin, Shaikh, Davis, Spritz, Taylor, Harris, and Hesselberth.

Computational Section Director is Michael Dickens, and Assistant Director are Ken Yokoyama and Vijetha Vemulapalli.

First class is Tuesday January 24. Lectures (2 units) are TuTh 10:45-11:45 RC1N Rm 6107 (aim for 1 hour, time for post-lecture discussions afterwards).

Optional workshop (1 unit) is W 3-5, Ed II North, room 2201 AB. See FAQ for more info.

NEW

New preliminary course materials for Spring 2012 are up

NOTICES

A requirement of the workshop is commitment to the entire semester, and priority focus is on graduate students and people who do not necessarily know anything about programming. Thanks, David, Mark, Jim, Michael, Ken, and Vijetha.

MATERIALS AND LINKS

Genomics Flyer (pdf)

Course Syllabus (pdf)

Genomics FAQ (pdf)

Lecture Schedule

Lecture Abstracts and Materials

Workshop Schedule, Abstracts and Materials

Recommended Reading

A Primer of Population Genetics (Hartl).

Introduction to Genomics (Lesk), A Primer of Genome Science (Gibson and Muse), Genomes (Brown), Genomes (TA Brown).

Other Related Reading

Books:Modern Genetic Analysis (Griffiths, Gelbart, Lewontin, Miller), Discovering Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics (Campbell, Heyer), Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics (Pevsner), Introduction to Computational Genomics (Cristiani, Hahn), Inferring Phylogenies (Felsenstein), Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes (Hartl, Jones).

NIH Online Books: Computational Approaches in Comparative Genomics (Koonin & Galperin), Comparative Genomics (Bergman), Modern Genetic Analysis (Griffiths, Gelbart, Lewontin, Miller), The NCBI Handbook (McEntyre & Ostell), Genetics for Surgeons (Morrison, Spence), Diffusion and use of Genomic Innovations in Health and Medicine (Hernandez et al).

Light Reading: Genome, the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Ridley); Bioinformatics for Dummies (Claverie), Welcome to the Genome (DeSalle, Yudell); Genomes and What to Make of Them (Barnes, Dupre), The Genome War (Shreeve).

Note: many of these items have not been checked for quality and relevance. Please contact us with opinions on/reviews of these materials if you check them out. Also, please provide other suggestions and we will put them up.